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Have you ever wanted to save the environment while simultaneously raising the value of your home?

How about having the tranquility of a personal garden in the city along with a source of healthy organic produce?

Here at Grown Up Permaculture, our drive and passion is the establishment of affordable, urban, and sustainable organic gardening systems for the people of New York City.

So let's turn this world right side up and join us on our journey towards a sustainable NYC!

4 / 12 / 08

NO TILL AGRICULTURE AT CEDAR MEADOW FARM

Getting great yields while drastically reducing fertilizer and fuel usage? Steve Groff at Cedar Meadow Farm is doing it the no-till way! Read More Read More
12 / 03 / 07

SOLAR FOR NYC

Make Solar energy a reality for NYC!

We are excited to announce our support for this sustainable alternative energy initiative. Read More Read More

11 / 23 / 07

VISION42 URBAN LIGHT-RAIL

Vision42 is a citizens' initiative to re-imagine and upgrade surface transit in Midtown Manhattan, with a low-floor light rail line running river-to-river along 42nd Street within a landscaped pedestrian boulevard. Read More Read More
 

:: RECENT STEPS ::

Perennials

Garden Classes

Indoor Herb Garden



:: SITE UPDATES ::

Free Events! 3-15-08


:: SITE GALLERY ::

Newly added photos 1 / 17 / 08

Experimental Plant Guilds

Green Module Prototypes

Harvest Photos

ECO FOOTPRINT

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